Introducing... Mountain View

There is something so majestic about seeing mountain wildlife in their element, and today we have an amazing scenic set to show off to you.  It's an elk standing ready with a beautiful mountainside in the background - that's the centerpiece of this 4" by 3" set penned by Lauren Pope. Perfect for the guys in your life, this set features one main image as well as three sentiments.

We think it's an impressive and stately image and our Design Team is ready to show it off to you bringing it to life!  Don't forget to look for:

Hidden among the Design Team's blogs today is our Mystery Blogger of the day.  Comment on her blog and you could be chosen to win today's set! The more you comment, the better your chances.

• Allison Cope == you are here!
• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Maki Jones
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tosha Leyendekker

DO YOU WANT TO WIN OUR ENTIRE RELEASE?

If you would like a chance at winning all three of our soon-to-be released August sets…

• You can play in our Colorful Creations Challenge – we will have multiple winners there! Deadline for entries is FRIDAY August 16th at 5 PM EST. Check out the link for the official rules!
• All three of our August sets can be pre-ordered now, even before you see them all! Take advantage our New Release Bundle and get 10% off when you purchase all three together in a bundle, this discount will be available for only 1 week following the release.
• All sets will be live first thing Friday morning along with the coordinating cut files for this release.
• Come back to the Flourishes Blog Saturday for the Winner's Circle where we'll announce all of our winners of this weeks' challenges!

And... as you are hopping and making your wish lists -- don't forget about our...

.....Overstock Sale! If you click HERE, you can take a trip to our SALE page you'll find hundreds of items with prices that will be slashed at the time of check out! Just add the coupon code OVERSTOCK25 and 25% will be deducted from your total. This coupon code will ONLY work on SALE  PAGE items. We have inks, paper, embellishments, ribbons and even overstocked stamp sets. On those items with sale prices, you will be able to take an ADDITIONAL 25% off! It's the deal of the season! So click HERE to shop early for the best selection!

Hi again everyone!  This stamp set is very near and dear to my heart.  It reminds me of both my Dad whom was an avid hunter and outdoors man, whom I lost last year but it also reminds me of our life living in BC for 4 years.  Almost every month of year, we would see some kind of elk in the valley we lived in. I mean I didn't live in the "Elk Valley" for nothing!!!  Here's a shot of an elk herd with the snow capped Rockies in the back ground...

So I had to take this beautiful new stamp set and just have fun with it!  There is so much dimension built into the focal image that I knew I would have to layer it up...

I stamped my image 6 times onto Flourishes Classic White Cardstock to get all of my layers!  I fussy cut each layer and build my image back up to put inside my card's window.

I added some fun glitter to my image to mimic snow!

I used the following Copic Collections to colour my layers:

Here's a better close up of all the different layers of paper...  (Note to self:  Next time, mask or eliminate the elk in the final sky layer!  Too hard to line up all those super fine antlers.)

I even decorated the inside of my card too!

Hope you enjoyed my trip to the wilds today.  Check out Christine Okken's blog next!

Join us back here tomorrow for a thankful Autumn set that will bless you!

I also created this card for the Christmas Card Challenges blog; Challenge #37; "Evergreen Trees".

~ Ally ~

Sponsored by:  Flourishes LLC

Supplies:
stamps: Flourishes (Mountain View)
cardstock: Flourishes, Bazzill
patterned papers:  Simple Stories
die cut shapes: Spellbinders
ink: Memento, Copic
metallic string: Flourishes
gold pearls: Micheals
other: thread.